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UNITED STAT S! PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. SOOFIELD, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, ASS IGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NATHANIEL H. MORRILL, OF SAME PLACE.

LAMP-SHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,305, dated June '1, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. SOOFIELD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Shades, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to lamp-shades; and the objects of my improvements are to provideasimple and inexpensive holder, by which the lamp-shade can be retained adj ustably at any desired angle and used in combination with a lighted lamp without subjecting any I 5 part thereof to any undue amount of heat. I accomplish these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lampshade and its holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the chimney-guiding wire detached from the lam pshade.

In said drawings, A represents a conical lamp-shade that may be made of sheet metal or of other suitable material, but preferably, as in the present instance, of paper, on account of its small cost. To provide means for its suspension, the ends b of a wire, B, are made to pass through opposite sides of its small or up-- per end. Adjacent to the ends I) the wire is bent obliquely to form shoulders If, to prevent the accidental disconnection of the ends I) with the lamp-shade, and the wire is bent in the form of a ring, b, half-way between its ends to receive the chimney of the lamp and retain it at an even distance from the upper edge of the shade. The wire B forms also the 0 journals of a bail, 0, said bail having eyes a at each end that embrace the ends of the wire between the shoulders Z) and the inner surface of the shade. Half-way between the eyes 0 the bail carries a socket, 0 that extends radially outward to receive the upper end, d, of the shade-support D, that consists of stout wire having a bend, d", about half-way of its length, the upper half being straight and slightly longer than the side of the shade A, and its lower half being curved in the form of a seg ment of a circle having the middle of the wire B for its center. This segmental portion is used to retain the lampshade at any desired angle. For this purpose there is secured to the lower edge of said shade, (byarivet, if desired, so that it can be turned in packing,) and projecting beyond said lower edge, a wire, 6, having a double bend, c, formed thereon about half-way of its length to produce a clasp adapted to receive any part of the segmental 6o portion of the supporting-wire D and clasp it firmly at any point.

The lower portion of the wire D is bent down at d to bring the point of attachment to the lamp in a proper location relatively to its flame, and upon its lower end is secured a sheet-metal spring-clamp, D adapted to clasp the neck of any lamp-fixture.

To strengthen the edges of the paper shade at the points where the ends of the wire I) pass therethrough, and at the point where the wire clasp 0 passes through its bottom edge, thin sheet metal clamps f embrace said edges and are perforated to receive said wires.

For packing aseries of lamp-shades closeto- 7 gether, the support-wire can be separated from the bail at the point where it enters its socket 0 or the whole attachment can be disconnected in an instant by slightly compressing or flattening the upper end of the shade and thus springing the ends I) of the wire B out of their sockets f in said lampshade.

By this construction of lampshade holder it can be attached to different sizes of lamps.

It can also be revolved around the lamp-collar, and as the shade can be retained at any angle, and as it presents no obstruction,the reflection of the light can be thrown in any direction and thus be convenient in sick rooms and for students, dentists, and other persons. c

Having now fully described my invention, I claim-- l. The combination of the wire D, a clamp at the'lower end thereof, and a bail having a socket half-way of its lengthto receive the upper 9 5 end of the wireD and eyes at each end, with a wire, B, passing through said eyes and diametrically through the upper end of a lampshade, aud a lamp-shade, substantially as described. :00

. lamp, substantially as and for the purpose de- 2. The combination ofa lamp-shade, and a wire, B, passing diametrically therethrough and centrally bent to form a ring, I), withabail, 6, having a socket, c and a shade-support, D, extending down the side and under the lampshade, and means for attaching the same to the scribed.

3. The combination of a lamp-shade, a bail, O, pivotally connected with its upper end,and a shadesnpport, D, having its lower half bent 

